Interview with Winning Screenwriter Zach Closs (RED RIBBONS)

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What is your screenplay about?

Two years, a month, three weeks and six days after a controversial exposé forced him to flee, a young journalist returns to his hometown, hunting the pardoned rapist that was the article’s subject, and rekindling a tormented relationship with one of the victims.

What genres does your screenplay fall under?

Romantic Drama & Psychological Horror; atmospherically, I wanted the script to play as a horror movie about emotional and sexual abuse.

Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

I think most films that tackle subject matter like this tend to do so in a very glossy, very safe way, and while it is important to be respectful and considerate, I think there’s something to be said for more visceral, honest depictions that resist deifying the sufferers or simplifying their situations. I tried to accomplish that here. I also tried to explore the way…

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